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The bald bloke is useless, I've barely heard a word he said since he took over from the previous bloke. Now that is probably due in part to the PA system, but I understood a lot of what the previous guy said. Whatever the current guy's name is, (Steve?) he needs to be taught annunciation and speed of speech.

He has joined AC Milan today. Random!

Did anyone else misread that and think Huntelaar was 51?

If he's anything like Pellé...

Here's to hoping we sign Gardos early this week. A) to get a CB on board quickly and bed him and B) to concentrate on further recruits.

Still too early for this, 2nd September after the dust has settled is when it should be done... ...That said, we can speculate. As it stands with the squad as it is, we will struggle, finishing possibly 14th to 17th, possibly surprising people with luck behind us as high as, say, 12th. But we all know signings will still be made, and some of the links have been very positive. With the right signings, we could we finish as high as we did last season. This season is transitional for us though, I'll be happy with 14th or higher, meaning we've done no worse than in the season after promotion.

2 positions we need too. According to this his salary is £60k a week. Thought it would be worse. Definitely room for negotiation. I do think he'll end up at a bigger club, but would be a coup for us. http://www.tsmplug.com/football/man-city-players-salaries-2014/

I still think Micah Richards would be a good signing for us. Has versatility, still fairly young and I doubt he'd cost the earth either. Salary may prove high, but if he really wants to play...

Welcome Fraser! Great signing, young, Internationally recognised and already proven at the top level. But we do need to keep Boruc too. Play Boruc to the start of September then switch 'em!

This is my view, we may get humped into a drubbing at Liverpool but it shouldn't be panic stations in the slightest. I think we will lose but the effort will be there and we move on to the next fixture. We're still adding to the squad too, so we might be stronger with every game.

Unbelievable. I'd hate to be a Legia fan right now. From a purely selfish point of view our bad summer continues. I hope we can still pursue the Celtic duo or have other targets in mind. If the decision stands through appeal then today is Christmas Day for Celtic fans.

Again? Still.

Get Forster and van Dijk in NOW!

Didn't we go through a period with a lot of double barrelled names in the team too?

Ronald and Erwin's surname sounds like it should have an accent...

Legia Warsaw will have a lot of new fans tomorrow...

Which is what was wrong with the goalkeeper position last season. (Though I think Kelvin was injured at the wrong time.) Forster with Boruc as back up has a much better ring to it.

This is the transfer I really want us to make. Good competition for Pelle, scores goals, will not come cheap but not too expensive either, Saints fan, and after reading Burnley forums it seems he's a really nice bloke too. We did OK with JRod too...

Ryan Bertrand is the new Roberto Carlos. I reckon he's good for ten goals.

We could get by with bringing only 1 CB in. I'd rather 2 though. I assumed Stephens and Turnbull were still off to Swindon.

He missed a penalty after 5 years of banging them in with us. That, to me, seems like his head isn't in the right place at the moment. Star struck perhaps. I'm sure he'll come good for them, even if it's in the cups. I have no animosity towards Lambert. Liverpool got a player they wanted, Lambert got his dream move, and we made a £3 million profit on a player we had 5 good years out of and is now 32. Wins all round.

This is the transition season. Aim for top half but accept 11th- 15th as it stands.

Some could be paid in installments? Anyway I'd rather have three strong, careful-spending, transfer windows than one where we blow our load in one go. Whether this window counts as the first of those, we wait and see.

Sounds positive. Hope that's true.